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Fasole Batuta (Romanian Bean Dip)
Here is another wonderful Romanian recipe from Olimpia Stanescu-Manea, our housekeeper. Serve chilled or at room temperature with thin slices of paine frantzuzeasca (French bread) alongside some coldcuts like smoked ham and salami, and a crudite plate. It is estimated that there are more than one million Romanians living in America, and of this group 17 percent live in Illinois and Michigan. In metro Chicago alone there are about 100,000 Romanians.
Source: Deborah Loeser Small, Lake Magazine
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